“Power is the ability to do things for others”
– Brooke Astor
Definitions:
- The ability to act or produce an effect (MW)
- Physical, mental, or moral efficacy (MW)
- A natural skill or ability to act (CAM)
Vices:
- Excess: Tyranny, the use of power for unreasonable ends
- Deficit: Weakness, the inability to use power for reasonable ends